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What To Do: In and Around Town
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Hudson Valley Restaurant Week: March 10-23
 Spring Restaurant Week is here. From March 10-23 you can enjoy three-course prix fixe dinners for just $29.95 and lunches for $19.95 at almost 200 restaurant throughout Westchester County and the Hudson Valley. Who's playing locally? The Beehive, Opus 465, Mark Charles Steakhouse, The Moderne Barn and Restaurant North in Armonk. La Cremaillere in Bedford. Le Jardin du Roi and Crabtree's Kittle House in Chappaqua. La Fontane in Katonah. In Mt. Kisco? Cafe of Love, Village Social, Global Grill at Myong Gourmet, Via Vanti!, Rose Room and Blackstone's Steakhouse. Check out our What To Eat: Restaurant Guide for our take on the local eateries. |
231 Spring Events now on whattododigital.com
 Our Spring Events calendar lists 38 local events from Gentleman's Poker Night in Bedford to the Castles of New Castle. Find out where to see Cokie Roberts and Dennis Elsas, shop for crafts and antiques, and where to run the muddiest or the prettiest road races. We have golf tournaments and charity galas. farmer's markets, lectures and plants sales. Plus, cruises on a new state of the art catamaran in the Long Island Sound and, of course, orchids (shown here) at the New York Botanical Garden. Read more. |
Cultural Katonah Lecture Series: American Icons
 John Jay Homestead presents Philiip Kunhardt, the Founding Director of NYU's Center for for the Study of Transformative Lives, as part of the new Cultural Katonah Lecture Series: American Icons. Kunhardt will explore a range of crises in the life of Abraham Lincoln and trace how these struggles and their creative solutions enabled his profound impact on American history. Upcoming lectures on Jasper Johns presented by the Katonah Museum of Art, and George Gershwin presented by Caramoor to be announced. Tues, 3/11: 7pm. (John Jay Homestead, 400 Jay St., Katonah: johnjayhomestead.org) |
Victorian Tea in Chappaqua
 Join the New Castle Historical Society and the Chappaqua Library for a Victorian Tea at the Horace Greeley House. Children, grades 2-4, make Victorian crafts and practice their penmanship using slate pencils and tablets. They're then invited to enjoy a cup of tea in vintage china and sample yummy treats. Please register by calling the Chappaqua Library at 914.238.4779. Thur, 3/13: 4pm. (100 King St., Chappaqua; newcastlehs.org) |
Italian Film Festival at Chappaqua Library
 The Chappaqua Library's Italian Film Festival continues with a screening of Mafioso, the 1962 black comedy starring Alberto Sordi. In this film an Italian factory worker's vacation to Sicily takes a twist when he is whisked off to NYC to perform a Mafia hit. The New York Times critic A.O. Scott called this half-forgotten film from director Alberto Lattuada "incomparable" when it was re-released in '07. The film series continues next week with a screening of the 1992 Academy Award-winner for Best Foreign Film Mediterraneo. Wed, 3/12: 7pm. (Chappaqua Library, 195 S. Greeley Ave., Chappaqua; www.chappaqualibrary.org |
The Seafarer in Croton Falls
 The New York Times called Conor McPherson's 2006 play about four hard drinking Irishmen "a devil of a Christmas." The redemptive story involves a mysterious stranger, a Mephistophelian poker game and a winning hand that doesn't look so great to a drunk with myopia. It opens its 3 week run in Croton Falls this week. (The Schoolhouse Theatre, 3 Owens Rd., Croton Falls) More theatre & dance. |
Once Were Warriors at NCPL
This 1994 drama, from Lee Tamahori, based on New Zealand author Alan Duff's bestselling novel, tells the story of an urban Maori family's truggles with poverty, alcoholism and domestic violence. The film was a major box office hit in New Zealand surpassing The Piano (also from New Zealand) and Jurassic Park. It received a 94% critics rating and a 93% audience ratring on Rotten Tomatoes. Presented by LIU Professor Valerie Franco. Fri, 3/14: 7pm. (19 Whippoorwill Rd. East, Armonk; More local events here.)
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Flamenco Vivo Carlota Santana at PAC
 "The hottest of hot dances ... sizzles." This New York dance company celebrated its 20th anniversary season with a performance at Manhattan's Joyce Theatre in June. The New York Times lauded the energy and unpredictability of its new dancer Angel Munoz. They raved about his choreography in his composition for five dancers "A Solas." Sun, 3/16: 3pm. (Performing Arts Center, 735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase College; www.artscenter.org) |
Hudson River Museum Planetarium Re-opens
 The newly renovated Hudson River Museum Planetarium will re-open this weekend and will resume regularly scheduled shows on Saturdays and Sundays at 12:30pm, (Earth, Sun, Moon and Sun) 2pm, (The Sky Tonight) and 3pm, (Undiscovered World's: The Search Beyond our Sun.) (511 Warburton Ave., Yonkers; www.hrm.org) |
This week at the Music Halls
 Elvis Costello and hip-hop artists The Roots perform from their new album Wise Up Ghost at The Capitol. Art Garfunkel is at The Harvey School. Special Consensus (bluegrass) and Omaha Diner are at The Emelin. Jefferson Starship plays The Tarrytown Music Hall while The Taconic Opera performs Rossini's Italian Girls in Algiers in White Plains. Irish celebrations continue with Tomaseen Foley at Westchester Community College and Robbie Torres brings his Metropolitan club act to NCPL. 106 Spring concerts on whattododigital.com. |
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Where To Shop: Sponsored Blocks
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A Bordeaux Blanc: Lemon drop and lime for under $10  This week's Wine Geeks Wine of the Week is the Chateau Grand Antoine Bordeaux Blanc from France. 100% Sauvignon Blanc, this refreshing, mineral-driven white shows notes of lemon drop and lime with a hint of white blossoms. Normally a bargain at $9.99, with this week's discount it is only $8.49 a bottle. Buy it by the case for an even deeper 20% discount. Use Discount Code FRANCOGEEK to purchase. Through Sun, 3/.16 (Wine Geeks, 559 Main St., Armonk; 914.273.9463. www.winegeeksarmonk.com
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Do you KOGA?
KOGA Fitness is coming to Mt. Kisco. Blending kickboxing and Yoga into a mind/body cardio and strength training workout, Westchester MMA-FIT is offering free KOGA classes to introduce their new program. Read more. |
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What To Do: With the Kids
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Summer Camp Guide
Finished with all your summer camp planning? (Ha.) Check out our guide to over 200 area day camps. Search our categories for All Around Camps, Sports Camps, Art, Dance, Music and Theatre, Martial Arts, Natures Camps and Specialty Camps. Or search by keyword like chess, computers, filmmaking. Read More. (Photo courtesy of Breezemont Day Camp in Armonk.)
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What To Do: Kids Events on whattododigital.com
 Sheep shearing, egg hunts, fishing derbies, high school musicals, game nights and carnivals. Our Spring Kids Events calendar has it all. Find our where to see Doc Gooden, the top high school basketball players from all over the country, baby animals or where to learn how to ride a bike, Plus, Disney Live, Sesame Street Live, the Wizard of Oz, Scooby Doo, Snow White, the Milky Way, Jupiter and Mars. Read More here. |
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
 The Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia returns with its brilliant production of award-winning children's book illustrator Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Little Cloud and The Mixed-up Chameleon. The Mermaid Theatre's annual tour is so popular that you can see this performance in any of three venues between March 15 and April 6 when it goes to the big stage at the Performing Arts Center in Purchase. For more information on these events click here. |
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Coming Up: In & Around Town
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Where To See: Theatre, Dance & Comedy Spring 2014
 Our Spring Theatre, Dance and Comedy Guide features 46 local events for culture vultures and townies. We've got it all from Joan Rivers, Bill Maher and Dana Carvey to the Small Town Theatre Company in Armonk. There's a new revival of Hair coming to Tarrytown, an updated Forbidden Broadway at the Emelin and a special performance from the Hudson Valley Shakespeare Festival. Check it out to see where you can see plays by Edward Albee, Alfred Uhry and Murray Schisgal. Dance fans have a great lineup of Spring performances at PAC, the Emelin Theatre and Stamford Centere for the Arts. Plus, four notable openings on Broadway. And a whole lot more. More |
First look at Spring Music
Here's your first look at our Spring Music Guide. From Jessie's Girl (pictured here) and their 80's revival show to Patty LuPone, Billy Joel, Phil Lesh and Friends, Los Lonely Boys, Pat Benatar, The Wanted, Amos Lee, Rebecca Luker, Judy Collins and Don McLean, the Chappaqua Orchestra, Bedford Chamber Concerts and 106 musical events are up on our site to help you shake the winter blues. More music here. |
NCPL Sunday Music: Robbie Torres
 Robbie Torres's new musical The Spinning Middle is slated for a NYC production later this year. As a pianist and a musical director his work has been featured at The Metropolitan Club, The Lotus Club, 54 Below, The Theresa Land Theatre, The Cafe on Broadway, The Theatre Below St. Marks and many other venues. Sun, 3/16: 3pm. (North Castle Public Library, 19 Whippoorwill Rd. East, Armonk, northcastlelibrary.org) |
Los Lonely Boys in Tarrytown
 The Grammy Award-winning Garza brothers (Henry, Jojo and Ringo) from San Angelo bring the heat, with their unique brand of "Texican rock and roll," to Tarrytown on Fri, 3/21. They are best known for their 2004 break out song "Heaven" that was a #1 hit on Billboard's Adult Contemporary Chart and was a Top 40 on Billboard's Hot 100. The Boston Globe called their new song "Blame It On Love" from their new album Revelations "Essential." Tarrytown Music Hall |
Much Ado About Nothing at Paramount Hudson Valley
 The Hudson Valley Shakespeare touring company brings its 2014 production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing to the Paramount Hudson Valley. This classic about gossip, reputations and the battle of the sexes is staged with a modern twist. It takes place on a fictional college campus where football is king and a girl's reputation is a Facebook page away from coming undone. This production is appropriate for grade 6 and up. Sat, 3/22: 2pm. (Paramount Hudson Valley, 1008 Brown St., Peekskill. More theatre here. |
Chanticleer at PAC
 They call themselves "Twelve guys in tuxes." The New Yorker called them "the world's reigning male chorus." Their voices range from counter tenor to bass and their repertoire runs from Renaissance to jazz to gospel and beyond. They are the first vocal ensemble ever inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame. Mara Rupners at PAC tells us "they're not as pretty as Dervish but they're good!" See them at the Performing Arts Center at Purchase College. Sat., 4/5: 8pm. (735 Anderson Hill Rd., Purchase; www.artscenter.org |
Rock and Roll Never Forgets at NCPL
 Legendary radio personality and pioneer of progressive FM radio at WNEW-FM, Dennis Elsas comes to NCPL with a live multi-media presentation featuring highlights of his history making interviews with Pete Tonwsend, Elton John, Jerry Garcia and more. His 1974 interview with John Lennon has been placed in the permanent collection of the Museum of Radio and Television. He currently hosts an afternoon show on WFUV-FM and a morning show on Sirius FM radio. Check out some of his interviews here. Sat, 3/29: 8pm. (19 Whippoorwill Rd. E., Armonk. To buy tickets or for more Spring Events click here. |
Global Village Day at BHHS
 Have some Shepherd's Pie, chicken kebabs and Swedish meatballs. Make an Indonesian shadow puppet, a Swedish Dala horse or a Brazilian carnival mask. Watch Irish stpe dancing, Balinese dancingm Moroccan belly dancing and listen to Swedish folk songs. And more global village family fun at this event sponsored by the Byram Hills PTSA. Sat, 3/29: 11am-4pm. (Byram Hills High School, 12 Tripp Lane, Armonk) More stuff to do with the kids here. |
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